In November my browser rewards turned off for several weeks, auto contribute turned on and my Brave News preferences all changed. Why?
I still have not received my 5 BAT from connecting to Gemini in September and had an auto post on my Twitter feed that I was claiming my 5 BAT. How are things happening in the browser without my knowledge or consent? I clicked on the connect to Gemini when it first appeared and 2 weeks later the post appeared on my Twitter feed, yet still no BAT for linking my new account.
I am having the same problems. The Brave Browser changed my auto-contribute settings without requiring me to approve the change, and then automatically paid Brave back 1 BAT. This is theft! I did not turn on auto-contribute, and have always disabled it. For it to automatically re-activate and then send my money to the company that has already been paid for the ads that I viewed is criminal.
Brave is supposed to be the future of advertising! Sharing in the profit with its users, like FutureFi is supposed to be; this is not how Brave will go boldly.
Edit: grammar
This just happened to me too. Brave updated in the background and turned auto-contribute back on without my consent. It immediately sent BAT to Brave Software International from my Uphold account before I could intervene manually in the settings. I too feel stolen from. (I’m also not interested in arguments centered around how I “should have it turned on anyways”)